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Author:   Barry Ritholtz ,  Aaron Task ,  Bill Fleckenstein
Publisher:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Imprint:   John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition:   Revised edition
Dimensions:   Width: 15.20cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 22.90cm
Weight:   0.386kg
ISBN:  

9780470596326

ISBN 10:   0470596325
Pages:   360
Publication Date:   16 July 2010
Audience:   General/trade ,  General
Format:   Paperback
Publisher's Status:   Active
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Table of Contents

Foreword. Acknowledgments. Introduction Bailout Nation. PART I A BRIEF HISTORY OF BAILOUTS. Chapter 1 A Brief History of Bailouts. Chapter 2 The Creation of the Federal Reserve, and Its Role in Creating Our Bailout Nation. Chapter 3 Pre-Bailout Nation (1860–1942). Chapter 4 Industrial-Era Bailouts (1971–1995). Intermezzo A Pattern Emerges. PART II THE MODERN ERA OF BAILOUTS. Chapter 5 Stock Market Bailouts (1987-1995). Chapter 6 The Irrational Exuberance Era (1996-1999). Chapter 7 The Tech Wreck (2000-2003). Chapter 8 The Backwards, Rate-Driven Economy. Intermezzo A Brief History of Finance and Credit. Chapter 9 The Mad Scramble for Yield. PART III MARKET FAILURE. Chapter 10 The Machinery of Subprime. Intermezzo A Memo Found in the Street: Uncle Sam the Enabler. Chapter 11 Radical Deregulation, Nonfeasance. Chapter 12 Strange Connections, Unintended Consequences. Chapter 13 Moral Hazard: Why Bailouts Cause Future Problems. PART IV BAILOUT NATION. Chapter 14 2008: Suicide by Democracy. Chapter 15 The Fall of Bear Stearns. Chapter 16 Dot-Com Penis Envy. Chapter 17 Year of the Bailout, Part I: The Notorious AIG. Chapter 18 The Year of the Bailout, Part II: Too Big to Succeed? Intermezzo Idiots Fiddle While Rome Burns. PART V POST-BAILOUT NATION. Chapter 19 Casting Blame. Chapter 20 Misplaced Fault. Chapter 21 The Virtues of Foreclosure. Chapter 22 Casino Capitalism. Postscript Advice to a New President. Notes. Index.

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Barry Ritholtz operates one of today's most popular economic blogs,www.ritholtz.com/blog/, which has received over 50 million page views since launching. He is the CEO and Director of Equity Research at FusionIQ, an online quantitative research firm. He is a frequent guest on CNBC; a regular guest on Fast Money, Kudlow & Company, and Power Lunch; and author of the popular ""Apprenticed Investor"" column at TheStreet.com.

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